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Dr Ellie Cannon says: ‘Around 75 per cent of all skin cancers are Basal
Cell Carcinomas (BCC, the type Janet had). They are often slow-growing, and almost never the body. There are various signs spread to other parts of - but they can be, like Janet’s, a patch that is either smooth and pearly, or waxy or red in colour’.
The GP adds, ‘The most common are a change to a mole, freckle or signs of any skin cancer normal patch of skin. Caught early cancers have a good survival rate. enough, most skin Ninety per cent of people can be disease is detected at stage one. completely cured if the But some skin cancers, if they becomes may spread into the deeper layers more aggressive, of the skin, and into the bones - which them much more difficult’.The British can make treating Association of Dermatologists recommends everyone should use a sunscreen that of at least SPF 30 (SPF 50 for children pale skin) which also has high UVA or people with protection, and stay in the shade
3pm when it’s sunny, and protect between 11am and the skin with a hat, t-shirt and UV protective sunglasses.